Letters to a Congregation
Every Thursday I write a pastoral letter to the west congregation of The Austin Stone Community Church. These letters are simple, pastoral musings on what it looks like to live a life that is attentive to God in the midst of a shared context.
The One About Revival and Readiness
I want God to do something significant in our midst.
I want Him to interrupt our programming plans. I want Him to pour His Spirit out into our people leading to repentance, salvations, healings, life-change, humility, generosity, mercy and forgiveness the likes of which we have never seen. I really want God to stir up a reviving Spirit in our midst. We, of course, have no control over any sort of true work of God, but I have been thinking about what sorts of hearts are ripe for this sort of work.
If God began to stir in that sort of way in our midst, would we be ready? Would we be receptive? Would we stick around long enough to see it for what it really is?